00:00Let's head to the men's side and head down to Hotlanta, where St. John's takes on UK, University of Kentucky, in what I call the Coach Young NIL Classic.
00:11Both of these teams spent a boatload of money in the transfer portal, and they've had mixed results.
00:18St. John's was the top 10 team in the country, sitting at 7-3.
00:22So was Kentucky at top 10 team preseason, and they're 7-4 and unranked.
00:26You look at the play of Bryce Hopkins, the transfer, obviously, from Providence, getting you 14 points per game.
00:33Ortega Owey, giving you 14 points a game from University of Kentucky.
00:37This is going to be a good test for these two teams.
00:39They've been up and down all year, and both coaches are trying to get their teams to play the right brand of basketball with so many newcomers.
00:47We'll talk a little bit more about my thoughts on the NIL process as we get some quotes from Jimmy Boeheim that will be coming up in a couple of minutes.
00:57Another big matchup taking place this weekend is the Never Forget Tribute Classic.
01:01This is in Newark at The Rock.
01:04It'll be a great matchup between Houston and Arkansas.
01:07What can you say about these two stud freshmen that are going to face off?
01:12Kingston Flemings of the University of Houston played absolutely fantastic ball, getting you about 50 points per game, 60% for the floor, 52% for the three.
01:21And Darius Akuf Jr. getting you about 18 points per game as well.
01:25You will look at the scoring acumen of Arkansas.
01:28Ken Akuf, Ken Brazil, Ken Cardenox kind of worked their magic against one of the best defensive teams in the country year in, year out.
01:37But not playing their usual defense, that's the Houston Cougars.
01:40And last preview, Battle of the Big Men.
01:43Cameron Boozer, JT Toppin.
01:45Duke versus Texas Tech.
01:47Duke, 11-0 playing as good a basketball as anyone not named Michigan or Arizona versus a Texas Tech team that's played a really tough schedule with Grant McCasson.
01:57It should be an interesting matchup there between arguably the best freshman big versus one of the most experienced bigs and JT Toppin.
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